Thank you for making me read Douglas MacArturs' biography.I've been thinking about this haiga for quite a long time.Two years ago I found out thatthe plane that dropped a bombon Hiroshima was named Enola Gayafter the pilot's mother. For methere was something unnerving abouta plane bearing the name of themother to cause such loss of life.For me mother symbolizes the mostbeautiful lifegiving force. And every time I look at my occupied Japan figurines I can not stop thinking what did they feel when they created them. So I had to express it in some way. Uf :)

Thank you! These little figurines do not let me forget those who made them. It is hard to express they make me both sad and proud for them. The figurines are so fragile and yet they endured for so long. In a way I feel responsible for them because they mean so much.